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Non fried snacks for kids || After school healthy snacks
A healthy snack is the most required food for school kids,it keeps them energetic and charged up.Kids when back from school are very tired and hungry , what they need is hug from mom and then a super yummy snacks to eat.I prefer to give my kids something which keeps them energize and also which can keep them active for the rest of the day.We mothers are always enthusiastic to try something new for our kids and something which is easy and quick to prepare.So here i come with these collections of few recipes like salads, sandwiches and healthy non-fried snacks can be served after school to the kids.
BOILED CHICKPEA
BENEFITS OF CHICKPEAS FOR BABIES, TODDLERS AND KIDS
What are the different types of chickpeas?
Chickpeas are known by a variety of names. The type of chickpea which is popular is the Kabuli Chana variety – they are big in size, buttery in colour and has a smooth texture.
Whereas desi chana, more known as kala chana is darker in colour, smaller in size and has a rough texture. These are actually the most nutritious variety and hold high content of antioxidants.
Ingredients
Chickpeas – ½ a cup
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp.
Salt – as per taste
water – 2 cups
Directions || How to prepare chick pea snack
Wash and soak the chickpeas overnight. It will enlarge to about three times the original size.
Add salt, turmeric, a little grated ginger / a pinch of elaichi powder / a pinch of pepper to avoid gas issues
Pressure-cook on semi-heat approximately for 7-8 whistles (It should be soft enough to enjoy by our kids)
You can also add Kasuri Methi leaves for the aroma factor.
SWEET CORN CHAT
Sweet Corn Chaat is an easy-to-make snack recipe for kids after school. This simple corn chaat recipe can be
prepared in just 5 mins if you have the boiled corn ready in hand.Try this quick chaat recipe and you and your kids
will love it.
Ingredients
2 cup boiled frozen sweet corn
1 medium chopped,peeled cucumber
1 medium grated , peeled carrots
1 teaspoon chaat masala powder
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon lime juice
1 teaspoon salt
few finely chopped coriander
Directions || How to prepare sweet corn chat
Add boiled swet corn , cucumber , carrots and mix well.
Next add chilli powder, cumin powder, chaat masala powder and salt. Mix well.
Add lime juice and stir once or twice. Transfer to a plate.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve as a snack.
SWEET POTATO BHEL
Sweet potatoes are rich in fiber and starch that soothes the stomach and the intestines.
Because of their natural sweetness,kids love sweet potatoes.
You can simply boil the sweet potato ,peel them off ,cut it into pieces and serve to your hungry kid back from schoo
or you can try this yummy indian street food style bhel prepared with puffed rice and tossed with onion,
tomatoes ,peanuts or nuts.
Course: Snack
Preparation time : 20 mins
Cook time : None
Serves 2 to 4
Ingredients
2 cups puffed rice or rice crispies white or brown rice or other unsweetened puffed grains
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 tomato finely choppedd
1/2 cup cubed sweet potato cooked and cubed small (measured when cubed)
2 tbsp raw or roasted peanuts or chopped cashews
1/2 tsp chaat masala , optional (See Recipe note for recipe)
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt or more to taste
Directions || How to prepare sweet potato bhel
Cook the sweet potato by boiling or steaming to preference and set aside.
Chop the onion, tomato and sweet potato.
In a large bowl, add the puffed rice. Mix in the chopped onion, tomato and mix.
Add the sweet potato and nuts. Toss lightly.
Add salt, chaat masala, red chilli powder and some lime juice and mix. Taste and adjust flavor.
Garnish with sev (chickpea noodles) and serve immediately.
Bhel is best served immediately as the puffed grains will become soggy over time.
SWEET POHA
Sweet Poha can be a good breakfast as well as snacks which in an easy recipe for morning hurry or even quick
evening snacks. You can serve this poha with a glass of milk as it will be a great filling combination for you kids,
You can say this snacks serves as an great alternative to cornflakes.
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 10 mins
Serves : 2
Ingredients:
1 cup Poha / Flattened Rice
1/4 cup grated Jaggery
1 tsp Cardamom Powder(or 2 cardamoms)
1 tbsp Ghee
1/2 cup milk (optional)
2 tbsp chopped Cashewnuts
2 tbsp chopped pistachios
Directions || How to prepare sweet Poha
Wash the aval/poha in a bowl of water and filter using a colander/strainer ..
Heat a pan and add 1 tbsp ghee
Add the aval/poha and cook for 3 minutes on medium-low heat.
Add chopped cashew and mix well with poha
Add 2 cardamom and cook for 5 seconds..
Add 1 tbsp jaggery or raw suga mix for a minute
Next add 1/4 tbsp milk (this is optional) cook it for another 1 min and turn off the heat ..
remove the prepared sweet poha into a bowl ..and serve when slightly warm..
BREAD PIZZA
If you are craving for pizza and don’t have time to prepare the dough and let’s try this bread pizzza
An easy quick and really delicious. It takes no more than 15 or 20 minutes,you can choose your favorite
pizza toppings and is done, ready to be served. Not only kids but everybody loves pizza , so try this mini
bread pizza at home.I tried some innovative way of serving this pizza to my kids my creating a hut shape
pizza and named it as Pizza hut .So do try this Pizza hut at home 🙂 and I am sure you and your family will love these.
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 5 mins
Serves:4
Bread slices – 6
Mozzarella cheese – grated as required
For the pizza topping
2 medium size chopped onions
2 tomatoes finely chopped
1 green bell pepper(capsicum)
1 tbsp garlic
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp ketchup
1 tsp salt
Oil for cooking
Salt
Directions|| How to prepare Bread Pizza
To prepare Pizza Topping
Heat oil in a pan.
Add garlic and saute it till you get nice burnt garlic aroma.
Next add onions and saute it.
Once it turns golden brown , add tomatoes, cook till it tomatoes turns tender.
Add salt,oregano, red chilli powder, tomato ketchup and mix it well.
Close the lid and let it cook for 2 mins.
Once cooked , turn off the gas and keep it aside.
To prepare Pizza
Toast the bread and apply butter over it.
Spread 2 tsp of the prepared toppings evenly on the bread slices.
Arrange the toppings and sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese all over the toppings.
To prepare over Tava/Pan
Grease the pan with oil , place the bread over the pan
cover with a lid and let the pizza cook over low flame
Cook till the base becomes golden and crisp and the cheese has melted
Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the bread slices.
To prepare pizza in Oven
Grill in a preheated oven at 180 degree C until the cheese starts to melt. Serve immediately.
Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the bread slices.
To Serve the pizza.
Cut the breads into two parts in triangle shape and other pizza piece into square shape.
Arrange it in house shape (triangular shape pizza as roof and square shape pizza as the base) and decorate it will chilli flakes and finely chopped capsicum.
Your kids will definitely love this Bread Pizza Hut 🙂
How to introduce Milk Roti/Chapatti to babies | Roti Porridge for 1 year old baby
Is your baby already 1 year old? How quickly time flies! It feels like it was just yesterday you were struggling with all the baby food as well
as feeding your baby milk staying up at nights.
It has been quite a tedious job ha … so now since your baby is one year old now , your baby can join you for a family meal.When it comes to meal , roti and rice is the most important part of a regular meal in our Indian family.
So lets start with roti/Chapatti slowly and steady first with milk , then with dal and later on with veggies , curries or meat.
So how to begin roti for your baby. Here is a simple recipe to start with.
Check out the video for the detail step by step procedure.
Ingredients
1 small size roti
pinch of sugar(optional)
3/4 cup milk or as required (breast milk or baby formula).
Directions || How to introduce milk roti to babies.
Chapatti/roti with milk:
1. Boil about 1 cup of milk.
2. Add a pinch of sugar to sweeten the milk as babies love sweetened food.
3. Now make small pieces of chapatti /roti and dip them inside the sweet milk.
4. Leave it for half an hour so that it softens completely.
5. Grind it in a mixer to form a smooth paste.
6. Feed these roti porridge to your child.
How to give eggs to baby| 4 Egg recipes for babies | 9 + months baby recipes
Eggs are a perfect single-ingredient food. It is an excellent source of iron which contains protein,easy to prepare,
they are a convenient and healthy source of fat, and other nutrients such as biotin which are important for growth
and a healthy body. Eggs are a top source of protein for children and are easy to make and serve.
Changes in Introducing Allergenic Foods like Eggs to Babies
Recommendations for introducing eggs to baby are changing! A 2008
and many studies done after, indicated that waiting to introduce eggs to your baby
may not prevent any atopic (i.e. eczema) disease(s).
Many are now suggesting that babies may be introduced to whole eggs
from the start (for those with no known history of food allergies and/or egg allergies).
Parent can introduce eggs in their baby’s diet at around 8 month . You can either start with puree
or mash one hard-boiled or scrambled egg and serve it to your baby. Ensure you cook the egg well to kill
any harmful bacteria.
For a more liquid consistency, add breast milk or water. Around 9 months plua, scrambled egg pieces
are a fantastic finger food. It’s fast and easy breakfast not even for babies but for all ages 🙂
4 best recipes to cook Eggs and Egg Yolks
Mashed Egg Yolk
Ingredients
1 large egg
1 Tsp breast milk or formula
Directions to prepare Mashed Egg yolk
Boil an egg in a water till its cooked well.
Take out the egg and cool it.
Peel the shell off and separate white egg from an yolk.
Discard the white part and mash the yellow egg yolk well.
Add tiny bit or around 1 tsp breast milk or formula to the mash yolk and mix well.
Serve it to your baby,
Mini Egg Omelette
Ingredient
1 large egg
1 Tsp breast milk or formula
1/2 tsp pepper powder
Butter
Directions to prepared Mini egg omelette
Break an egg and separate the yolk from the white.
Add a little of baby’s milk(breast milk or formula) to this and beat using a fork.
You may also put a little pepper to it if your baby likes.
Heat a little butter in a frying pan.
Gently pour the hin layer of egg mixture egg into the pan.
Cook for a couple of minutes on a medium heat. Flip it over and cook for an other minute on the other side until completely set and slightly brown.
Allow to cool slightly, you can cut it into small finger size pieces and serve it to your baby.
Scrambled Egg
Ingredients
1 large egg
1 Tsp breast milk or formula
1/2 tsp pepper powder
Butter
Directions to prepared Scrambled Egg
Break an egg and separate the yolk from the white.
Add a little of baby’s milk(breast milk or formula) to this and beat using a fork.
You may also put a little pepper to it if your baby likes.
Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and add egg mixture. Use a spatula to move egg mixture around in pan to scramble as it cooks.
Keep cooking until eggs are completely cooked through.
Use spatula to transfer eggs to a plate to cool. Chop into tiny bits and serve to baby.
Homemade Egg Custard
Ingredients:
1 large egg
1 cup milk (breastmilk if possible or baby formula)
1 tbsp sugar
Directions to prepared an Egg Custard
Pour the milk in a pot and heat up on low-medium heat. Don’t allow it to be too hot or boil.
Whisk the egg yolk well and then pour the whisk egg and sugar into the milk and start stirring. Reduce the heat to low.
Keep stirring to prevent it sticking under the pot and curdling.
Once it starts to thicken, continue stirring until you get your desired consistency. Add more milk if it’s too thick.
Let it cool down before serving .. Serve warm or chilled ! ..
Maggi Cheese Dosa
Dosa is a perfect healthy and filling breakfast or even as a snacks.You can always keep some dosa batter ready and handy in a refrigerator,so whenever required you can some quick dosa or idlis for your family.Normally,my kids don’t like idli’s, they like dosa.But I was quiet fed up of making same dosa for them like oats ,bread and plain dosa.So today, I thought of giving a twist to our normal dosa and made dosa by adding some maggi masala noodles filling loaded with full cheese. This Maggi cheesy dosa is delicious and has an amazing aroma.
It really turned out good and yummy , they just couldn’t stop eating. I was quiet happy with my experiments as i also tried making cheesy sandwich dosa and aloo masala cheese dosa.
Check out this recipe , video shared on you tube.
Preparation time : 10 mins
cooking time : 5 mins
Serves : 2
Ingredients
1 bowl dosa batter / rice /rava/oats/any dosa batter
1 small packet of maggi masala noodles
1/2 cup boiled corn
1 tsp pepper powder
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
¼ cup grated cheese, like cheddar or any other melting cheese
oil as required
salt as required
Directions || How to make Maggi cheese dosa
Take a pan and make Maggi masala noodles,keep it aside once done.
Add dosa to the set dosa batter and mix well.
Heat griddle or dosa pan/tava , sprinkle some water and wipe it off gently using a tissue(this helps to remove dosa quicklyavoiding to stick)
Pour a ladleful of the batter on griddle and spread the batter gently in circular motion.
Spread some butter over it , allow it to melt over dosa
Now spread prepared maggie noodles all over the dosa.
Top it with some boiled sweet corn
also spread tomato ketchup all over and spread it evenly,
now sprinkle some pepper powder.
sprinkle shredded cheese all over the dosa.
Lastly fold the dosa and slightly press uniformly so that it gets sticked.
Flip the other side and cook for a minute so that cheese melts.
Maggie cheese dosa is ready to be served , You can also serve by cutting into triangle shape.
Serve hot with any peanut or coconut or tomato chutney or even ketchup.
Aloo masala Cheese Dosa
Dosa is a perfect healthy and filling breakfast or even as a snacks.You can always keep some dosa batter ready and handy in a refigerator,so whenever required you can some quick dosa or idlis for your family.Normally,my kids don’t like idli’s, they like dosa.But I was quiet fed up of making same dosa for them like oats ,bread and plain dosa.So today, I thought of giving a twist to our normal dosa and tried this aloo masala dosa loaded with full cheese. It really turned out good and yummy , they just couldn’t stop eating.
I was quiet happy with my experiments as i also tried making cheesy sandwich dosa and maggie cheese dosa.
Do check the other two dosa varieties and share me your feedback.
Check out this recipe , video shared on you tube.
Preparation time : 10 mins
cooking time : 5 mins
Serves : 2
Ingredients
For Aloo bhaji/Sabzi:
2 tsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp jeera / cumin
pinch of hing / asafoetida
½ onion, finely chopped
1 inch ginger, finely chopped
1 green chilli, finely chopped
½ tsp turmeric / haldi
salt to taste
2 potato, boiled & peeled
¼ cup water, adjust consistency
2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
For Aloo masala dosa
1 bowl dosa batter / rice /rava/oats/any dosa batter
prepared aloo bhaji/sabzi
2 tsp green chutney / mint chutney / sandwich chutney
¼ cup grated cheese, like cheddar or any other melting cheese
oil as required
salt as required
Directions || How to make Aloo masala cheese Dosa
Take a pan and prepare aloo bhaji or sabzi using your method.
Add dosa to the set dosa batter and mix well.
Heat griddle or dosa pan/tava , sprinkle some water and wipe it off gently using a tissue(this helps to remove dosa quicklyavoiding to stick)
Pour a ladleful of the batter on griddle and spread the batter gently in circular motion.
Spread some butter over it , allow it to melt over dosa
Now spread prepared aloo masala all over the dosa.
Spread green chutney on top of the masala and spred it evenly.
now sprinkle some pepper powder.
sprinkle shredded cheese all over the dosa.
Lastly roll the dosa and slightly press uniformly so that it gets sticked.
Flip the other side and cook for a minute so that cheese melts.
Serve hot with any peanut or coconut or tomato chutney or even ketchup.
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